Long Beach Entrepreneur Bob Bond Reflects on His Journey as a Small Business Owner

On April 28th, I had the pleasure of attending the 15th Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards sponsored by the Long Beach Chamber. It was a great event, and a great opportunity to reflect on the founding of Bond Consulting Services (BCS) back in April 2000. At the time, my wife Alyssa and I just […]
The tax you probably owe, but aren’t paying: A closer look at consumer use tax compliance

Use tax, the lesser known counterpart of sales tax, suffers from a basic lack of PR. Buyers and sellers alike pay it no mind. Despite 27 states having a dedicated line item in tax returns for reporting use tax owed, only 2% of taxpayers actually report it. This has left the states with a $23 […]
Bond Consulting Services Top 10 Highlights of 2015

This year has been fantastic for so many reasons. We accomplished a lot and had many proud and successful moments in 2015. As we approach the end of the year, we’d like to take this time to share 10 key highlights. We hope you enjoy a short trip down memory lane of 2015 top highlights […]
Bond Consulting Services Named WINNER – IAMCP Worldwide Partner 2015 and IAMCP P2P Partner 2015 (US)

The International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) today announced Bond Consulting Services (BCS) as WINNER – IAMCP Worldwide Partner 2015 and WINNER – IAMCP P2P Partner 2015 (US). The awards will be presented to BCS during a special ceremony at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2015, being held in Orlando, Florida, USA from […]
Helping Small Business Owners Throughout Southern California with CRM and Business Technology

"You won't have a business if you can't communicate with your customers." – @dsgersten https://t.co/vWN9nJwPgp — Bond Consulting Svcs (@BCSTeam) June 5, 2015 We’re more than halfway through 2015 and we have had the pleasure of helping over 300 small business owners in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties understand Customer Relationship Management (CRM). By participating in […]
Bond Consulting Services Named WINNER – IAMCP Worldwide Partner 2015 and IAMCP P2P Partner 2015 (US)

The International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) today announced Bond Consulting Services (BCS) as WINNER – IAMCP Worldwide Partner 2015 and WINNER – IAMCP P2P Partner 2015 (US). The awards will be presented to BCS during a special ceremony at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2015, being held in Orlando, Florida, USA from […]
How big is your transactional tax footprint?

6 questions to assess if your sales activities are a compliance risk At some point, you’ve probably pinpointed your company’s position on a 2×2 matrix to determine its strengths or weaknesses or its position relative to competitors. But have you ever rated your business on sales tax compliance? Many companies get into trouble with state […]
Five Ways to Turn Business Data into Business Insight Part 5: Make Information More Accessible with the Cloud

This is the fifth and final post in our five-part series, Five Ways to Turn Business Data into Business Insight. We’ve previously looked at how dashboards can provide easy information access to your team members based on their specific roles, how self-service BI reporting can lighten the load on IT resources, how to make BI […]
Five Ways to Turn Business Data Into Business Insight Part 4: Transform Big Data into Your Next Big Idea

This is the fourth post in our five-part series, Five Ways to Turn Business Data into Business Insight. We’ve previously looked at how dashboards can provide easy information access to your team members based on their specific roles, how self-service business intelligence (BI) and reporting can lighten the load on IT resources, and how mobile […]
Five Ways to Turn Business Data into Business Intelligence Part 3: Get BI on the Fly.

This is the third post in our five-part series, Five Ways to Turn Business Data into Business Insight. We’ve previously looked at how dashboards can provide easy information access to your team members based on specific roles and how self-service business intelligence (BI) and reporting can lighten the load on IT resources. Today, we’ll discuss […]